Robyn's World

The UEFA Champions League is down to it's final four teams: Real Madrid (La Liga), Bayern Munich (Bundesliga), AS Roma (Serie A), and Liverpool (Premiere League).  I'm pretty thrilled that four different countries/leagues are represented and tickled that with the exception of Bayern, none of the others will win their respective leagues this year.  I've pretty much followed each of the four leagues, Serie A less than the others, and have my opinions on them all. I've long been a Real Madrid fan and was privileged to be able to see them play Roma a couple of years ago in the ICC in Dallas.  I've not been as hyped about them this year and their play has seemed uneven.  They've lost to teams they had no business losing to and have played ugly in others.  Christiano Ronaldo has only recently hit his stride and I've yet to see the famed BBC running on all cylinders.  Rumors abound that this is the final stretch for these three together and I'd love to see th...

Love me some Montgomerys After a long wait, we're finally getting to see more of Shep's family.  We met his sister Adrienne in Denver, but she's come home to Colorado Springs and Shep moved his family back home as well.  That was lucky for us, because having run out of Denver Montgomerys, I, for one, wasn't ready to say goodbye to them. Adrienne and Shep have, along with their Denver cousins, Austin and Maya, opened Montgomery Ink Too, or MIT, a Montgomery tattoo shop in Colorado Springs and in their new shop works Adrienne's best friend Mace.  The chemistry between the two besties is apparent to everyone, except them apparently.  From the beginning, I loved them as a couple, even though they weren't ... technically. Add in Mace's adorable little girl, who gets dropped on him unexpectedly, and this single dad needs all the help he can get.  I loved how his family and the Montgomerys rallied around him and helped him adjust.  When the best friends be...